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Senate Candidate Roy Moore accused of molesting 14yo girl

Leigh Corfman says she was 14 years old when an older man approached her outside a courtroom in Etowah County, Ala. She was sitting on a wooden bench with her mother, they both recall, when the man introduced himself as Roy Moore.

Days later, she says, he picked her up around the corner from her house in Gadsden, drove her about 30 minutes to his home in the woods, told her how pretty she was and kissed her. On a second visit, she says, he took off her shirt and pants and removed his clothes. He touched her over her bra and underpants, she says, and guided her hand to touch him over his underwear.

Wendy Miller says she was 14 and working as a Santaís helper at the Gadsden Mall when Moore first approached her, and 16 when he asked her on dates, which her mother forbade.

Debbie Wesson Gibson says she was 17 when Moore spoke to her high school civics class and asked her out on the first of several dates that did not progress beyond kissing.

Gloria Thacker Deason says she was an 18-year-old cheerleader when Moore began taking her on dates that included bottles of Mateus Rosť wine. The legal drinking age in Alabama was 19.

All were initially reluctant to speak publicly but chose to do so after multiple interviews, saying they thought it was important for people to know about their interactions with Moore. The women say they donít know one another.

Well, is it surprising to me that more people are being accused? No. Is it surprising that he is being accused? I am not. Very often, people who claim to be more ethical or religious aren't. I am so sorry that this young woman and the others endured this abuse.

"Take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus," Alabama State Auditor Jim Ziegler told The Washington Examiner. "There's just nothing immoral or illegal here. Maybe just a little bit unusual."

This is surprising to me that a state official would defend his actions. This is an interview with Alabama state auditor Ziegler (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/al...rticle/2640217) where he defends Moore's actions based on "dating" and the bible. He doesn't deny the the incidents happened. It seems to me that the world has gone mad to have officials defending a man, aged 32, trying to abuse a 14 year old.

“There is nothing to see here,” Alabama State Auditor Jim Ziegler told the Washington Examiner. “The allegations are that a man in his early 30s dated teenage girls. Even the Washington Post report says that he never had sexual intercourse with any of the girls and never attempted sexual intercourse.”

“Take the Bible. Zachariah and Elizabeth for instance. Zachariah was extremely old to marry Elizabeth and they became the parents of John the Baptist,” Ziegler said choosing his words carefully before invoking Christ. “Also take Joseph and Mary. Mary was a teenager and Joseph was an adult carpenter. They became parents of Jesus.”

Roy Moore is and always has been a nasty piece of work, and seeing him abuse his power so many times as a resident of Alabama, I am appalled but not at all shocked that he would abuse it in other ways.

"I don't believe them," Henry said of Moore's accusers. "Maybe there is some legal prosecution for lying and interfering with a political process. But probably not. I would suspect there would be some type of litigation and lawsuits coming at some point. I don't believe them."

Henry said the women should be "accomplices" for any crimes that may have been committed because they did not come forward and, by their silence, helped cover up any crime.